A 1,100-ton train fell through the floor in 1953. Workers got it patched up in just 72 hours.

This stunning blue and gold room changed cities twice before becoming part of the Smithsonian.

The oldest building in the District of Columbia was preserved because of a mistaken connection to George Washington.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

The only surviving piece of a submarine said to be the most decorated vessel in U.S. history.

Browse through roughly 130,000 titles in the world's largest independent video rental store.

An enclosed rotunda at the Henry Art Gallery in which viewers can look up and see the uninterrupted sky.

The palatial McDonald's that inspired Wesley Willis.

Once at the center of U.S. finance, the historic Trading Room was meticulously recreated piece by piece and rebuilt in the Art Institute.

A little marble compass above George Washington's (empty) tomb in the Capitol marks where D.C.'s four quadrants intersect.

Perhaps the most scandalous statue of America's first president.

This playground sculpture of an icon from the past is dedicated to the children of the future.

Seasonal, Pacific Northwest cuisine served in a 101 year old firehouse.

A bust of the first president welcomes visitors to the only town in America called George, Washington.

Over 75 historically themed murals grace the walls of a small Washington city.

The juke joint where legendary soul artists ate, drank, and made merry.

The hotel where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot is now a museum dedicated to his work.

The "Jade Museum" is full of thousands of intricately carved works of art made from various precious stones.

Residents of Fremont in Seattle have considered it the center of the universe since the 1970s.

This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.

A "sinister, whimsical, tacky, and really orange" public art installation hidden under a Seattle bridge.

Activists are fighting to preserve these unfinished highway ramps as a tribute to the citizen revolt that halted their construction decades ago.

Fittingly, America's museum of architecture is itself a magnificently designed old building.

The actual model from the original "Star Trek" series is now on display at the National Air and Space Museum.